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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LINEO APPOINTS WINDRIVER EXECUTIVE AS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SERVICE LINDON, Utah - May 16, 2001 - Lineo=99, Inc., a leading innovator in embedded systems, real-time and high availability solutions, today announced the appointment of Raj Sidana as senior director of customer services for Lineo. Most recently, Sidana spent the last two years in a similar position with WindRiver. "I wanted to align my professional goals with my personal goals, and Lineo has created an environment in which this is possible," Sidana said. "Lineo has taken the embedded marketplace by storm by providing a compelling business model with solid products. The undercurrents in the embedded market space are changing, and I believe Lineo will be the wave of the future." Effective immediately, Sidana will be responsible for coordinating field application engineering activities, partner labs, education, technical support and much of his time will be spent working with the professional services group. He will report directly to Richard Larsen, Lineo senior vice president of sales. "Raj will provide the expertise Lineo needs to coordinate and facilitate an exploding number of customers and design wins," Larsen said. "We are fortunate to have Raj on the Lineo team." Prior to Lineo and WindRiver, Sidana spent a year working for Integrated Systems Inc. before WindRiver acquired the company. After the acquisition, Sidana, as vice chairman of the customer support council, was instrumental in ensuring the customer service elements of both companies were transitioned to a new service model without a hitch. The council also oversaw interaction between field support and product business units, besides being the central policy making body for all customer service matters. Originally from New Delhi, India, Sidana received his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business Management at Northwestern University. Among other experience, Sidana spent five years with PeopleSoft in various customer service functions including positions over education, partners, alliances, and consulting and professional services. About Lineo, Inc. Lineo, Inc. provides embedded systems, real time and high availability solutions that include software, hardware reference designs and professional services. Lineo's solutions allow OEMs to create devices and systems that interact with the Internet while helping OEMs to reduce system requirements, per-unit costs and time-to-market. The company's key product lines include: Embedix=99 (embedded Linux system software), uClinux=99 (embedded Linux for MMU-less processors), SecureEdge=99 (Linux-based Internet appliances including VPN Internet routers, firewalls and network attached storage), RTXC=99 (general purpose and DSP real-time operating system), BeaconSuite=99 (x86 development toolkit) and Availix=99 (mission-critical high availability Linux cluster solutions). Contact Lineo at http://www.lineo.com, via e-mail to info@lineo.com or by calling (801) 426-5001. ### Lineo is a trademark of Lineo, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark owned by Linus Torvalds. All other products, services, companies and publications are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Press only, Contact: Blake Stowell Lineo, Inc. 801.426.5001 ext. 321 blake@lineo.com Rhett Glauser Lineo, Inc. 801.426.5001 ext. 351 rhett@lineo.com